Day: October 24, 2018

Atmore News

Creative writing winners named
Special to Atmore News Escambia County Middle School fourth-graders participated in a creative writing contest sponsored by the Atmore Chamber of Commerce and the Atmore Public Library as part of Williams Station Day. The ECMS winners of the contest are 1st place: Reagan Zundel 2nd place: Braleigh Picardy 3rd place: Nicholas Warren Reagan is invited to read her story in the Atmore Public Library tent at 10 a.m., this Saturday…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Annual Pioneer Day set in Grove Hill
Special to Atmore News As part of the state’s bicentennial celebration, the Clarke County Museum will host a bigger Pioneer Day with longer hours. The 19th annual event will be Saturday, Oct. 27, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the museum in Grove Hill. The free living history event features costumed re-enactors demonstrating early life in southwest Alabama. The Willie Overton Memorial Tractor & Engine show will be another featured…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Usher Board, Voncile Stallworth honored
By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer The Rev. Willie Hawthorne, congregation and guests honored a special group Sunday, October 14, with the Annual Ushers Day celebration. The Senior Usher Board and the Junior Usher Board were honored. Officers of the Senior Usher Board are Voncile Stallworth, president; Jerome Davis, vice president; Rosie Jones, secretary; Dorothy Brazzell, assistant secretary; Laura Leslie, treasurer; Annie Bonner, chaplain; James Williams, chief usher; Thomas Adams…
by Sherry Digmon access_time5 years ago
Operation Christmas Child is under way
  By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer You might think it’s too early to think about Christmas – but it isn’t. Not if you’re planning to fill shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. Again this year, Mary Jane Schrock is serving as Area Coordinator, AL Tri-County Area for Samaritan’s Purse, Operation Christmas Child. “There’s still plenty of time to fill shoeboxes,” she said. “Anyone wanting a box or boxes may pick…
by Sherry Digmon access_time5 years ago
ECHS falls to UMS-Wright
Prepares for Thursday showdown with Williamson By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County High’s Blue Devils hung tough with perennial region power UMS-Wright for the first half of their Friday, October 19, game. The second half was a different story. ECHS faced a deficit of only 14-0 coming out of the halftime locker, but sophomore Edwin White — who had earlier hauled in a 55-yard touchdown pass for UMS…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago